Stiff hands in the morning are a common sign of osteoarthritis (also known as "wear-and-tear arthritis) but can be caused by other conditions as well. These include autoimmune forms of arthritis as ...

Two new studies led by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have uncovered key biological mechanisms driving systemic sclerosis (SSc), or scleroderma – a rare and often devastating ...

Caroline Graettinger, left, and Taitia Shelow, both of Cecil Township, have been diagnosed with scleroderma, a rare autoimmune disease that causes hardening and thickening of the skin and other organs ...

What is the latest research on scleroderma? Find out in this collection of recent MEDLINE abstracts compiled by the editors at Medscape Nurses. Acute and chronic renal diseases remain common ...